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Agricultural /Education BSffi w AfiDRJSW/tJoULE 1 This department will cheerfully endeavor t® furnish any information. Leiters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, pesident State Agri cultural College, Athns. Ga Protecting Georgia’s Live Stock The advent of the boll weevil is ne cessitating our giving greater attention to live stock industries. That our farm ers realize this ts shown by the fact that Georgia is credited with the largest increase in swine in 1915 of any state ‘in the union. In 1914 the state pos sessed approximately 2.040.000 head of hogs. On January 1. 1916, or there about. the state possessed 2.346.000. There was a difference, therefore, within a year of 306.000 hogs, which.at maturi *t«* should easily.be worth 110.00 per -head, equivalent, therefore, to an in crease of our annual wealth from this 'source alone of 13.060.000. Os course, a part of the increase In hog production f is attributable to the control of hog cholera through the use of preventive letrum. manufactured by direction of the legislature at the Georgia State Col lege of Agriculture. This serum is now *>eing sold at 85 cents per 100 c. c.. which is an extremely low price The state of Alabama appropriated >25.000 with which to erect a plant and is giv ing *83.000 a year for its maintenance, and still her farmers are paying 81.25 per 100 c. C. for serum. The same price is charged to farmers of South Caro lina. It will thus be seen that the farm ers of Georgia are peculiarly fortunate in being able to get a serum manufac tured under the auspices and control of the state and furnished them at the low price indicated. The extension workers of the State College of Agriculture are also entitled to some credit in the matter of con troling the spread of hog cholera, for they inoculated over 50.00 p head of swine last year, and by their timely aid and service prevented the spread of Cholera throughout a majority of the counties in which they work. In one well known case a carload of hogs ship ped into the state from Tennessee • were apparently infected with cholera. At least the disease broke out on a number of farms where some of the hogs In question had been purchased. As soon as the disease was discovered the county agent was on the spot and a by advising the farmers to secure Serum and treat his hogs promptly, ef fectually aided in the control of the (disease. These figures and facts are cited to show the importance of our - Dive stock industry, and the possibili ties which lie before us if we develop 8t intelligently and protect our animals properly from disease. The aggregate of our live stock in terests is not generally appreciated for .the animals now owned on Georgia 'farms are easily worth 3100.0v0.000. In 1910 the state was credited in the fed eral census with owning about 378,000,- 000 worth of live stock. Within a period of six years, therefore, there has been an increase in the value of live stock of (approximately 322.000.000. and this in the 1 face of the fact that the shipment of " |a very considerable number of mules to £urope on • account of the war condi < lions prevailing there has tended to re duce not only the number but the value •of our animals as well. Any industry capitalized on the basis of 8100.000,000 must be‘regarded as of great importance and concern to the welfare of any com monwealth. and therefore, it seems well at this time to direct attention to the economic importance of our live stock and to suggest ways for increasing the wealth derived from the source and adequately protecting our animals from preventable disease. ' In all walks and callings expert serv ice and advice are considered necessary and essential. For a long time we have seemed to believe that medical practi tioners properly qualified to treat and care for our animals were not essential, but a decided change is taking place in public sentiment with reference to this matter. This Wrings us face to face with the proposition of training men within the confines of the state who will be properly qualified to administer to nick animals and aid in the enforcement of laws for the control and eradication * of contagious diseases. At the present time there are only about fifty licensed Veterinarians practicing In the state of Georgia. Most of these live in towns and cities, and there are many farmers in the state who are more than one hun dred miles from a competent veterinari an. and even if they could secure his services In time, it would be at an al most prohibitive cost. It may thus be said with propriety that farmers living out in the- open country would find it extremely difficult to secure the aid of a competent veterinarian, and that this condition is not likely to be remedied until provision is made for the training o f a very considerable number of men in the underlying principles of veterin ary medicine. To do this would not be an expensive or difficult undertaking, for -the state already possesses in the State College of Agriculture an instltu- » tion prepared to give a part of the necessary training. There Is a plant with Learn to Play the Piano in One Evening If you don t play the piano or orgtn and want to learn, won’t you let us Ivan you for flee days yon pj'-ees «f the rxM'i sweetest tunric and full inatm-**""’ foe plating? agiii J * "I 11 Example: U" ; ? - • » ' j I ~ When the mu ”o r ♦* **lls says ”B I» Old Styls I G” just strike Way Os I ,1, - P v ■_ 17- the keys mark . _ . ed - B D 0.7 ' ' ' As Simple as •» «• ■crii-* » i-ii-T '* B C ’.‘ I/ // Would y<j» give a \L / / penny to learn to play f, I the piano or organ in / one evening? Impossible’ hot at all. Hundreds of thousands of others who y , -ATV never played before, nlayeil i .JKf their first piece In just a *"* few minutes THEN WHY ■BfiaT— 1 CaN’T TOVT “My toy who could never play a note, aat down and played three pieces first night.”— .Mrs. E. Wind©'er. Halls Bridge. Ont. "I never could l»am anything about music until I got Easy Form ’ I learned to play a piece and carried the four parts In an hour.”— • Amanda West. Scottsboro. Ala. Ag UM neat we will send you thousands of attsf.ef fettefg from almost every part of the world. I'O'sn’t this convince you that can play by thia wonderful new method Any child nr old person can now understand and nlay the piano or organ without previous knowledge. No teacher. No tedious Instruction* by mail ffimfty write na a post earl, saring. ■•Please send me Easy Form Music for 5 •lay*’ tree trial If I don’t want to purchase It. I will return It promptly.” Be sure to answer . these questions- How many white keys on your piano or organ* f-o you play note music? . We will then send you complete Instructions, together with I<*» of rhe world’s most beautiful pieces of music if you find y»« can play at once send u* fl •V' In 5 days after you receive the music and lI.JiG a month for 1 months on the Easy Payment Plan. If yon are not de lighted with the music, mall It to us in 5 days and owe na nothing. I«n’t that fair enough? Iddreas—EAST methoe music co.. 973 CUrkson Bldg., Chicago. Hl. competent professors already available for giving the necessary instruction In animal and poultry husbandry, breeding and feeding. Such supplemental work as may be desirable in soils and chemis try has already been provided for, and those who desire to study a foreign lan guage. such as French and German, can do so. The employment of four com petent veterinarians, and the provision of funds needed to maintain the several departments would enable any Georgia boy desiring to prepare himself as a specialist in veterinary medicine to do so in a very acceptable manner. Since.a part of the equipment is already avail able the cost involved to the state need not exceed 815.000 a year. That some provision for instructioi of this character should be made is evi denced by the very considerable number of applications received from young men who desire to study veterinary medicine. In view of this fact, the trustees of the Georgia State College of Agriculture have endeavored to meet the situation by authorizing the establishment of the first two years of a degree course in veterinary medicine. This will be open to any young man in Georgia seventeen years of age and who is able to present fourteen units for entrance. It is the earnest hope of the trustees that at the end of two years through the aid of the state they may be able to add the junior and senior years and thus begin the work of training veterinanrians within the state who are acquainted with local conditions, in sympathy with the people living in the open country, and who nat urally believe in Georgia and its future possibilities along live stock production lines. That this field of activity opens up a bright future to young men will not be questioned by any who have studied tlu* situation. The state needs now in or der to adequately care fcr Its live stock a trained corps of 150 experts in veteri nary medicine. Moreover, there are many fields of activity open to veterina rians besides that of the practitioner. The I’. S. department of agriculture em ploys a great many in the investigation of animal diseases in meat inspection service. Quite a number are located by the government in each southern state for the purpose of aiding tbe -several commonwelaths in the fight which is now being waged against the cattie tick. Veterinarians are also in demand as em ployes of the state and as investigators of meat, milk and dairies. Many cities also employ them as health commission ers. They are also in demand as man agers of ranches and stock farms, and teachers in veterinary colleges, agricul tural colleges and experiment stations. A large number of veterinarians are em ployed in the manufacture and sale of biological products, and a number are also sought each year as officers in the insular service or for employment in the quartermaster’s department of the Uni ted States army. There if only one Veterinary college In the south at the present time hence we are depending on other states, and these chiefly situated north of the Ohio river, for the training of our veterinarians, and up to this time the veterinary schools of the country have never been able to turn out anything like enough men to satisfy the demand. Young; men will not make a mistake, therefore, ’.n specializing in veterinary medicine, and the sooner Georgia and the other south ern states can make provision for In struction of this character, the better it will be for our live stock industries. Young men with a liking for animals and who desire to specialize in the hand ling and treatment thereof in health and disease should give consideration to the oportunities which the completion of a thorough course in veterinary medi cine will open up to them. • • • DESTROYING ANTS IN A COTTON FIELD. F. W. Co., Loganavllle, Ga.. writes: I would like to know what to do to atop the ants in my cotton field. The ants hare bur rowed holes around tbe stalks and killed a lot of them. Anta can be easily destroyed if you will watch them close enough to find out 'the source from which they come. In ether worcs, you can trace them one’.: to their house or nesting place. When vou dicover this secure some carbon bisulphide, open up the hole at the top of the ant heap and pour a pint of this Material into it. You should be careful in making the hole so as to disturb the ants as little as possible. Throw some fresh earth over the ant heap and clamp it down. Select a time when the ants are likely to be at home. The carbon bisulphide will surely kill them if prop erly used. There is no more effect! vs remedy with which I am acquainted. Carbon bisulphide Is a colorless li quid with a very offensive odor. It is inflammable in the presence of lights. Therefore, it should not be handled in the vicinity of lights nor should one smoke when using it. You should be able to secure it from any drug store. It is not expensive. It will not bum the hands or injure the clothing. • • • PASTURE GRASSES FOR GEORGIA FARMS. 8. 8. F., West Lake.. Ga.: 1 wish some Information in resard to the varieties of grass suitable for both winter and summer l>a*ture and also grasses suitable for hay and meadow. What is the beet kind of alfalfa for thia country? Also what breeds of cattle would you recommend? Bermuda grass will probably prove the most satisfactory for summer graz ing in your section of the state. You should be able to use it for this pur pose for seven or eight months. After you have established a good Bermuda sod you should sow thereon bur clover. The clover should be sown as soon as the seed can be secured in the early sum mer. It is well to harrow clover seed into the ground very thoroughly. Il is also good practice to plant some Japan clover on pasture intended for summer grazing. Japan clover should be seeded early in the spring but not until all dan ger of cold weather has passed. When this combination is once well established it will afford one of the be«-t pastures you can have in south Gent gia. Paspalum or tall water grass may prove of some value in your section. Orchard grass may be of some advan tage in semi-shaded areas and red top may be used in moist bottoms to some advantage. White clover may also be sown in moist bottoms with red top. The best kind of alfalfa to cultivate is that raised generally in this country. In other words, we prefer the seed of that raised in the western United fates to that imported. Alfalfa should of course be planted about the 15th of September to the Ist of October in your section of tbe state. The ground should be very thoroughly prepared and well enriched THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1916 20 X MR AW MRS RUPERT HUGHES (Continued from Lut Issue.) Little miss Stafford wander ing in a silk dinner frock through the jungle of the everglades at midnight did not even know that she was lost. The terrorr. that were in store for her she was not imagining. She was still giggling over her imagina tions of the excitement at Palm Beach when her governess discovered that she had run away. Having pinned the gorgon’s cloth slippers to the rug, Gloria felt sure that the governess would tumble to the fact as soon as she got up to take a peek at her charge. There was excitement in plenty at Palm Beach, even more than Gloria dreamed, for the grown-ups knew what Gloria did not know, how dangerous the path of life is for a young girl alone. All the world is treacherous everglades to her. Miss Sidney woke as Gloria expected, sprawled as well as Gloria hoped, her feet on high, and the rug waving In air. She knew who played the trick and ran Into Gloria’s room. She saw that the bed was empty, the sleeping suit tossed aside, the dinner gown gone. She flung into her bathrobe and ran to give the alarm to ‘Gloria’s father. Her costume made a sensation even among the sen sational costumes of Palm Beach. She found Pierpont playing cards with young Dr. Royce. What she told them sent them run ning in opposite directions, frightening the dancers and the loiterers about the tables in the gardens and various couples with vegetable matter. Turning under cowpeas is an excellent preparation. Then put on two tons of crushed lime rock. Work and harrow into the so.l Secure about twenty pounds of alfalfa seed per acre a»d inoculate very care fully with cultures which you can ob tain free of cost from the bureau of plant industry. United States department of agriculture, Washington, D. C., and sow on the everting of a cloudy drfy Broadcast the alfalfa seed and cover with a weeder. Before seeding the al falfa it is well t oput on 500 pounds of acid phosphate and 300 pounds of cotton seed meal. These materials should be mixed, scattered over the soil and thoroughly harrowed in a few days before the alfalfa Is planted There is no one best breed of live stock in Georgia. You will not make a mistake in securing good animals from either the Shorthorn or Hereford breeds. • • • FLANKING LAND AFTER THE flood. W. H. F., Rome, Ga., writes: On ac count of the continued rains, my corn is all under water and likely ff> remain so for several days. Most of the corn is knee high. Will the corn live? If not. can you suggest a variety that will make planted at this season? If not, please suggest something else for me to plant. The land is very rich creek bottom. Corn that has been subjected to pro longed overflow for several days will almost certainly die when the water goes down. The chances are that it has soured, and in that event It will do no good. We suggest that you try re planting the corn as you should be able to secure varieties which will mature in 100 to 120 days. Hickory king, Cocke’s prolific and other prolific types will probably be the sorts to use. Some of the northern grown varieties, if seed can be obtained, will answer very well for they are accustomed to maturing in a much shorter season than we have here in Georgia. Probably your local seedsman can supply you with seed or could rush an order through for you from some firm handling seed produced in the Piedmont region of Virginia, or in Wisconsin or Minnesota. Next to the early maturing varlties of corn which we would certainly try on a part of the land, we suggest that you grow sorghum. Early amber is probably one of the best varieties tJ use for this purpose. We believe It is practical to sow cowpeas during this month and have them mature with con siderable degree of satisfaction on rich bottom lands of the character you de scribe. Falling with any or all of these we would try some sudan grass on a part of the land and German millet or Hungarian grass on another section. There is no doubt but that millet will do well on land such as you describe and you can certainly get one cutting, and possibly in a good season, a second cut ting. These are about the best suggestions we can offer as to the character of crops which you should endeavor to plant on flooded areas. Os course, it is im portant that replanting be done as soon as possible, and it is more important that early planting be followed with the first crops mentioned than it is with millet which could probably be seeded In this climate as late as the middle of August to the first of Septem ber and make one good crop of hay If seasonal conditions were at all favor able. • • • MERIT AND QUALITY OF BREEDS OF HOGS. A. B. D.. Hemp. v«-. writes: Please dtacuM the leading breeds of hogs for the south, giving tbe good and undesirable qual ities of each breed. Also state which one would be the best for this section. There are several breeds of hogs well adapted to Georgia conditions. Among those most widely distributed and bet ter known on that account are the Berk shires, Poland China, Tamworth, Duroc- Jersey and Hampshire. Os course, oth er breeds have been introduced and quite widely disseminated, but these may properly be regarded as the main or standard breeds. The Berkshire is well known to hog raisers. They are com pact animals, well fleshed, but not un duly fat. They are very good grazers and well adapted to Georgia conditions, but they would not be considered as prolific as some other breeds. They make excellent hams and bacon. The Poland-China is a hog which lays on flesh more readily than the Berk shire. It is a good general purpose breed, fairly prolific and has done quite well under Georgia conditions. This hog was developed originally in the corn belt, where they had a superabundance of cheap corn. The Tamworth is some times known as the English bacon breed. These hogs are remarkably long and deep through the side. They pro duce a very fine quality of hams and bacon. They are red in color and good grazers. Some people do not like them because of their long noses. They are a prolific breed and have done well in Georgia. The Duroc-Jersey is appreciated by many, not only because of the ease with which they fatten and their wide adapt ability to all soli and climate condi tions. They are prolific and have been raised with profit and success on hun dreds of Georgia farms. The Hampshire or thin rind hog has a characteristic band of white around the fore part of the body. This breed is being more widely disseminated each year and those who have raised them speak highly of them. They seem to be fairly well adapted to Georgia con ditions and will no doubt be more widely distributed in the not distant future. I am inclined to think that you would not make a mistake in purchasing good specimens of any of these breeds. I think there is as much in the manage ment accorded them as in the breed. surprised in loving embrace among the Inviting nooks. On the lawn the two men came to gether again and shook their heads in signal of failure. They saw David and Lois. David mentioned the loss of his automobile. Neither he nor Pierpont thought of Gloria as the thief. They continued the search among the cran nies of the enormous hotel and among the cottages of their friends. But Dr. Royce had been speaking of Gloria’s rebellious neart only that aft ernoon. He ran at once to a parking space where automobiles were kept. The chauffeurs were not about and he did not pause to haggle. He threw away a ’’For Hire" card and, leaping into the saddle, so to speak, of a six-cylinder thoroughbred, dug his spurs into its side and plied the lash. The car broke into such a run that its own chauffeur did not recognize it as it shot into the main road. Royce checked his speed only when he met occasional saunterers along the roads. From most of these he got no informa tion. From one negro on a bicycle chair he had the comforting answer: •Yassa, I done seen a bar'haided young tnissy in a auterbile going Hcketty split —-yassa. She turned sothe at the next cornder. If I hadn’t a throwed this year wheel over miffhty peart I’d a— ’’ Ro’yce was not Interested in the ne gro’s might mave beens. He was al ready at the next corner, and he turned south, too. H had no interest in the beauty of the foliage, or in the moon lit sky, or in the quiet sea alongside. His eyes were probing the distance ahead. He spoke to the car as if It were a horse, and perhaps he swore at it. At any rate, a few people cross ing the road later sniffed a curious mixture of gasoline and brimstone. Now and then a red light ahead cheered Royce on, but when he over took it it was never on the car that carried Gloria. He overtook and passed everything. There was not much to overtake in that lone road at that hour. In one or two of the villages he found some one awake who had seen a young girl or a comet shoot through. He pushed on and on, driving as fast as possible and trying to drive a little fas ter. After miles on miles of exceeding ev ery speed limit except that of his en gine he began to fear that he had come on a wild goose chase —where the wild goose was not known. He knew that people are usually ready to tell a roadside lie and say that they have seen anything that any wayfarer asks if they have seen. Probably Gloria had not come this way at all. He had about decided to turn back and endure the laughter that would greet him. Long ago, no doubt, Glo ria had reappeared and been resen tenced to bed. •But even aq he slowed up for the turn, he caught sight of tire tracks swerving wildly and turning off into the sand between two dunes. He shut off his power and set his brakes, drew into the side of the road and jumped out. He passed the barrier of the flunks and caught sight of David's racing car in the waves. The billows flaming with moonlight were sweeping over the little machine with terrifying ruthless ness, now tossing up spray which the moon turned to jewelry, now smother ing it all from view,. Royce gazed aghast. He tore his hair at the vision. He could almost see Gloria caught ii) the wheel and held fast while she drowned slowly, chok ingly. He was about to dash into the sea and fight it for the body of the little runaway when he saw footprints in the wet sand. Robinson Crusoe could not have felt so wild a thrill of joy. Dr. Royce did not see the marks of a black man’s sole; he saw the tiny Im press of slippers. They were like ex clamation marks and the toes were pointing away from the water. With a cry of relief Dr. Royce followed them across the sand to the highway. But Gloria had not turned north in the road. She had been wooed into the dense, lush foliage. The doctor regarded it with dread. He could not imagine how tempting it had been to Gloria’s truant heart. He was afraid that she might have* lost her mind with fear. He had hardly plunged into the thicket when he lost trace of her. Dense shadows alternated with patches of al most noontime light. He found a clew again, lost it again. He sprang aside from a dry, whirring coil that was a rattlesnake. He tripped on a snakelike vine and dived through bushes. He fear ed at any moment that he might come across Gloria dead or dying. He called and called, then paused to listen. He had no answer. At last, however, he heard a faint cloppety-clop of hoofs on the road. He ran back, hoping that he might find some courier with news. Instead he met a boy from a pineapple plantation. Royce hailed him and learned that he was going for a doctor. He had heard and seen exactly nothing of Gloria. He stared at Royce with uneasiness. The doctor was indeed a suspicious looking object. His evening dress had recorded every sprawl in the sand and mud and most of the brambles that he had passed. But he was not crazy, though he looked it. He was not crazy enough to think that he could find Gloria in the everglades without help. He knew the history of that vast maze, so inhospitable to alPsave the In dians that only two or three white men have ever crossed its 8,000 square miles of pathless waste. Those who have gone in to search for others have usually had to be searched for themselves. If Royce had not known this the boy would have told him, for when Royce asked him to get down and help in the search for Gloria the boy shook his head with emphasis: “Ump-umm, mister! Not me! Folks that gits lost back m yonder stays lost for keeps.” This did not for a moment .tempt Royce to give up. He was about to let the boy go when it occurred to him that Gloria’s father would be frantic for some word of her whereabouts. He found a prescription pad in his pocket and a bit of pencil and he wrote a note. Pierpont Stafford, Royal Poinciana: I found Gloria’s car in the surf and her footprints leading into the everglades. I am following them, but think you had better organize searching parties to beat the whole district. STEPHEN ROYCE. He gave this to the boy and a bill from the small roll he found in his pockets. He made the boy promise to go to the nearest telephone and transmit the message to the hotel. He also asked the boy to explain to Mr. Stafford where "here” was. Royce had no idea himself. The boy told him: "We-all are abote half ways between Pompano and Colo hatchee.” Royce’s face did not brighten at this and the boy with contempt for such Ignorance explained that it wm "goin’ on forty mile sothe of Palm Beach." He promised to deliver Royce’s mes sage and also to give the alarm among the nearest villages. Then he rode away and Royce returned again to the chase. Increasingly anpalled at the thought of Gloria alone there. Now and then he found some hit of her, a shred of silk from her Paris frock torn away by a clutching thorn. He found even a loop of vine where she WsliOHE ABE YOU SUBE AS TO WHO SPBEADS CONTAGION? Some of our wise medical experts are locating tuberculosis germs in the wash er woman’s homes. They think it would be money well invested to investigate the colored washer woman's homes, etc. Maybe so, but it is a well investigated fact, that a great many tuberculosis victims send out clothes to washer wom en to be washed and it might be that the darkey came in actual and vicious contact with tuberculosis germs in some such way. Don’t you see? It is a poor rule that does not work both ways. Away back in the middle of the nine teenth century I had acquaintance with a family, solely afflicted with "galloping consumption." Six grown people died within much less than six years. The family owned negro slaves and at least six of these slaves, mostly nurses, wash erwomen, etc., died with the same "gal loping consumption." It was freely ly talked that the negro slaves caught the disease from the white owners. How is that for high? Some one discussing the spread of this disease has said germs can lodge in the whiskers of the rich man as well as under the finger nails of the unwash ed laborer and the given theory is a very broad and comprehensive theory, so to speak. If germs are so verile that they lodge in drinking cups in white passenger cars and in the general communion cup in white churches, it would seem reasonable that the colored washerwoman might catch the germs that harbor in the flannels and hand kerchiefs of their patrons. TABEBNACLE MEETING IN CAB TEBSVILLE. As a matter of information to persons who desire to enjoy a short vacation or an outing in the mountains, I will notify such persons that the tabernacle meeting in Sam Jones Tabernacle will begin on August 4 and cover ten days of religious services thereafter. It is a capacious tabernacle and easily seats 7,000 persons. I have in times past seen 10,000 in the enclosure, around the scats and in the aisles, and an esti mated crowd of 20,000 persons on the grounds a few times. A son of "Gypsy” Smith, the English evangelist, will conduct the meeting. He held a very successful meeting in Macon, Ga., last year. Cartersville has always been able to handle the tabernacle crowds, and it is reasonable to suppose there will be no difficulty or hindrance this year. TAKE A BEST, DEAB LADIES! Very often I hear the remark, "He (or she) has gone to the sanitarium be cause of nervous prostration/' This dis ease has become a fashionable ailment, and it represents a whole lot of other ailments, but taking a rest can be had in a quiet room at home, where the rates will be less expensive and where ready cash is often wanting in the family of the invalid. Tired housekeepers do not often seek a rest cure, but that does not signify that they would not be better off if they did go to bed and stay there until they were really rested. With my many years of experience, I am convinced every family should have a rest room, well furnished and set apart for the ailing ones, where nobody will dare to enter unless permission is granted. I heard of a most active woman in London charities who explained her health system by saying she took one day in every week to lie in bed, stretch out her limbs and read an interesting •book. She was not at home to any visitor, and no outside call was allowed to be brought to her notice. Next day she would rise rested and vigorous and able to do what was re quired of her. Aged people must lie down a great deal. Whether they sleep or only rest their tired limbs is not a debatable question at all. It is a prime necessity. Nature's recuperative forces are weakened with advancing years. The vital forces are more languid and long lived people are people who take life easy in the great majority of cases. And all busy people should always get a few minutes of repose during the day. There is a vast difference between tired folks and lazy folks, but want of rest will make the best of people Irritable and unhappy. Little children can be taught to sleep regularly and children are generally good who sleep often and sleep a great deal. This thing of taking a rest means a great deal more ..,an appears on the first mention of it. CAN YOU HELF HEB? Peters Creek, Va., July, 1916. Dear Mrs. Felton: I am a reader of your paper, and have come to you for a little help. Please help me to find my aunt Tempsy Floyd, who married John Meyers and left Virginia and went to Indiana. Would like to hear from any of her children or grandchildren. Anv information of her will be greatly ap preciated.. With love and best wishes to you. SUSIE BEASLEY. WHEAT TAKES BIG JUMP ON REPORT OF DAMAGE Black Rust in Manitoba Sends Price Up 4 1-2 Cents in Chicago (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, August 2. —Jumps of more than 4 1-2 cents a bushel in the value of wheat took place today as a result of word that black rust damage in Manitoba amounted to a calamity and that the injury to the crop in the Da kotas and Minnesota was increasing Estimates were current that the pros pective yield of wheat in the United States had fallen off 87,000,000 bushels, as compared with the outlook on Buying here was on a broad scale and included much purchasing for European account. Before midday September had risen to 1.28 3-4 as against 1.24 1-8-e 1.241-4 at yesterday’s close. Advances in price became sensational in extent in the trading later. The chief reason was that black rust was said to have spread in Canada and to be dan gerously thretening in Saskatchewan after having wrought havoc in Manitoba. September wheat here finally touched 81.31 3-8, a clear ascent of 7 l-B@7 l-4c above yesterday's finish and closed at >1.30 5-8, a gain during the session of 6 3-B@6 l-2c a bushel. had loitered. He was puzzled by the curious sequence of her slipper marks till he realized that she must have paused to swing like a carefree child. This gave him a little comfort. At least she was not afraid. He understood the very whim of hers that made a holiday of the flight. Thus far he had followed her through the Illumination of the moon and the glowing dawn. But the broad daylight did not bring him the help he counted on. It merely emphasized the confu sion of the labyrinth. (Continued in Next Issue.) Our Household THOSE COMFORT POWDEBS. When I started to Japan a friend slipped a little box in my traveling bag and when I was out on the ocean I found it. There is no language adequate to express the help those "Comfort Pow ders” were to a great many people. There I was on a boat one among a thousand people, going to a foreign land thousands of miles away from my mother and sis ter and you may be sure that when I opened the little box and read the first “powder" I was glad that Miss Ellen’s heart prompted her to put them in. Neatly rolled in tissue paper was each powder and on the top of the box were the directions, "Helpful in cases of dis couragement, loss of patience, discon tentment, disappointments, heart troubles, etc. "Take one powder each morning or as*often as needful; thoroughly mixed with equal parts of confidence and thanksgiving. Prepared from the medi cine chest of the great physician." The first "powder" I opened road, “The Lord bless thee and keep the; the Lord make his face to shine upon thee. The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace.” Could anything have been better? It certainly eased my heartache and re newed my courage. At odd times I’ve slipped a "powder" into the handbag of some girl or en closed one in a letter and now I've only four. And I am going to give them, in one dose, to you my readers, for there came over me this morning a sort of feeling that this must be a comfort prescription. One cannot pick up any paper without reading of sadness at home and abroad. Battles, murders and sudden deaths have been the tilings that have filled the papers, and we should every day of our lives thank God for a president of this country levfel-head ed and with the sort of wisdom that only God can give, or we too would be in it. In a certain way we have been fat tening or filling our pocketbooks by the necessities of those people. It has been right for us to sell them wheat and cotton and such things, but it would have been more like a Christian nation to have been honest with God and to have turned back to- Poland, Belgium and the war-orphans the tenth of our receipts. ,It was not ours. One-tenth is all that God asks any of us to give him and if we do not give it to him many things are going to be permitted. How do we know that these unusual floods, and these crtlls from our own starving people are not reminders of what we owe God? "Sorrows humanize the race," sang that sweet singer Jean Ingelow, and until things are brought home to us many of us fail to realize want and suffering as actual facts. America wastes enough to feed and clothe Belgium. When I was in tho city and worked among the so-called poor I often said that some of the peo ple we tried to help wasted enough to feed themselves. There were often loaves of bread in the trash —“too stale to eat" was the excuse. But you never see anything like that in any foreign home. Stale bread can be soakod in milk, or even in water and converted into a palatable dish. And in the coun try the waste is prodigious. Wood,| grains, vegetables, fertilizer, even the strength of the people, and these so-call ed “calamities” may be God’s way of calling a halt. One of my "powders”; reads thus: “Our light affliction, which is tuf for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory." And we must confess that even as we look over what a month ago were beau tiful crops and see only yellowed stalks we can left up songs of praise because no enemy,hath done it. The harvests of France are being gathered by Ger mans, and the ruthless destruction tha; once marked a certain man’s path to the sea in our own southland is duplicated over whole countries across the water.. Tenants and small land owners are mov ing to the cities, and this government! is supplying food and shelter to But our treasury is full and the war with Mexico averted, so there are two things to be thankful for and our as flictions truly are but “for a moment” when we compare them with the empty homes and blood sorfked soil of France, Belgium. Poland and parts of Turkey | Another powder is. “All things, whatso-' ever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.” Even though we have robbed him of. his tenth and have bragged about the | great things that we have done; even though many of us have claimed all the credit, and have never once thanked i God for his help, we may yet take this "powder” and find a cure for disap pointment, "For the Lord will not cast off forever; but though he cause grief, yet will he' have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies, ami, as Julian K. Smyth says, "The truest faith is that which not only rests in the Lord, but which wails patiently for him. Though good be far off, though it be quite invisible, still it will not be turned aside, or cast down, but will both hope and quietly wait for the sal vation of God." And "quietly waiting" does not mean that we must lose cour age. Think how many times God has said “Be strong, be of good courage, ’ and has sent the sluggard to the ant, that wise folk that lay in supplies in season, and out. We must not get scared and cut down our help. W-.t should live as economically as possible, wear cheaper clothes, and have only substantial food on our tables if there is need for our retrenchment. But let us remember that the truest way to help another is to give work and pay living wages. True charity in helping one save one’s self-respect as well as in fur nishing food and raiment, and that can be done by making work for those in need of it. Now look about you and see how you may help God. For all of us, the very poorest has some such mission. Not one of us liveth for self alone. W’hether we intend it or not we are helping or hindering the world, “Nor knoweth thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor’s creed has lent— All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone.” Faithfully Yours, LIZZIE O. THOMAS. Tuscumbia, Ala. GOOD ADVICE. Dear Mrs. Thomas and Household: I have wanted to write to The Journal for a long time. I feel like I am one of you. I received and lost my beau tiful Journal badge. I love The Jour nal because Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Felton are :i part of it. I used to save all of Mr. Loring Brown’s pieces on •hickens. And made me a large scrap v, nok of them, and the clippings from "Chat on Chickens" takes me as a letter , from my old home. Yes, I am a "chicken crank” and everything Mrs. Thomas says I try to do it for my flock the Reds, two hens and- -jester, which I got last spring tier. I named them, (as I keep all my flock named? Beauty. 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